The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-15
MURDERED AT THE HRADWA-
TIERS OF GREAT RIVER,
In Niearagua-Plans for Cruisers
Not Suitable No Place for
Redeemed Silver.

C0uplb OF nhLlV6b. lOr Some Llm6.
NO SUITABLE PLANS PoR cRUlsKRs.
TIE board which was appointed by
Secretary Whitney to select suitable
designs for a 5000 ton srmored cruiser
and armored vessel Of the Iame size
from the competitive designs received
in answer to the department's offered
premium of $1,000 each for two az.
ceptable plans has made its report. II
gives LIST OF the persons who pre-
eented competitive plsus, which in-
clude severa from England, one from
France, one from Australia and
Others by naval Ulcers, private iDdi-
vlduals and companies in this
couutry. The board fnds that
several OF the designs for ar
mored cruisers do not conform 10
the departments circular, and that
the others, while presenting desirable
individual features, are not 10 be rec
meBded in toto, and they cannot be
classified in the order OF merit. The
board approves the design Of an arm
ored battle sbip submitted by the Bar
row ,E0gland, Ship Building Company,
and Is OF the oDiniOp that such ship
would be an available addition to our
navy. This plan pre- sents the some
what remarkable feature of having
the water line well protected by heavy
armor, and also the Ruus on the upper
deck, but OF leaving the intermediate
space between the upper and lower
decks wholly without protection, there
being nothing there Of importance.
There ar two turrets en- eChelon-that
Is to say, not in the middle OF the
ship, but on either side Of the medisn
line, 30 that their suns eau fire direct
ly forwa d and aft, or to either side.
AS the board has failed h find de.
sign suitable for the cruiser the bu-
reau's plans for that vessel will doubt.
less BIS used. In this design four ten
inch guns are carried in tnrret en-
echelon, and six six inch guns are
mounted in central pivot carriages, go
arranged that all OF the ten inch and
three of the six inch guns can be con.
centrsted on one point of Il Q, while
thirteen rapid firing guns have prsc
tically an all around range. The armor
belt is seventeen inches in thickness
and elk feet In breadth. The vessel 10
fitted with torpedo tubes for the dis.
charge OF fish torpe doeS, carries two
steam torpedo boats and iS rugged as q
bark.
VAULTS INADEQUATE FOR THE sILvEs.
The count of the cash in tho Uuited
States Treasury, which is now in
progress, has developed the fact that
the vault capacity Ia entirely trade
quate for the cafe handling Of The
silver. The silver vault was filed to
ita utmost capacity come time ago, and
there still remained about 100000
standard dollars which, for want Of a
better place, were piled in. bags in the
paessg way leading to the vault In
making the count these bags had 20
be removed 10 an outside hall, whore
they now remain protected from
outside interference by nothing
but thin board partition, it
therefore has to be guarded
at all times by ws'cbnen employed in
the building who ara armed with re-
volvers during the day and with re-.
peating rifles during the night. Every
preCauliou has been tasen to prevent
its being tempered with while in itA
exposed condition. The count, will
lest FIVE weeks more, and tho silver
cannot be returned to the courtroom
until that Is concluded. In the mean
time work 10 being push ed on the new
silver vault author Zed by the latt
Congress. 1t will have storage capac.
ity for 100000 600 standard dollara,
aud will probably be ready for use in
September.
TELEGRAM FROM GEN, MILES.
The Adjutant General today received
the following teltg am from Gen o o
Howard, dated San aucieco, June 8
"Gen. Miles tslegr sphs that Capt
Pierce reports only sixteen men alb.
cent fiom San Carlos, and thai all the
Indians on the reeel walton understand
that the action of few ref sCts upon
the whole tribe, and are anxious that
the offenders shall be captured. He
leaves Les Angeles today for Fort
Grant"
MONEY FOR THR MILITIA.
For the purpose Of carrying out the
act OF Congress making an annual
appropriation to provide arms and
equipments for thu militia, the fol-
lowing regulations havs BEEN issued
by the War d psrtnsnt: "The AID
jutant General OF the Army shall an.
nusly, on or before July lat OF each
year, report TO the War Department
the number Of regularly gu listed or.
ginG'd and uniformed active militia
IN zach State aId Territory, and this
report will be the basis of the action
t. be taken for the ensuing year.
When a requsltion is received at the
War Department the Ordnance De-
partment and the 2 ,arterm' ster's De-
partmsDt will be required to give the
money value Of the stores called fo',
and the War Department will deter
mine and order which OF said stores,
number and character shall he i,sued,
and will so advise the Chief OF Ord.
nance and Quartermsst T General, and
supply these bureaus with the money
covering the issue." The 100000
appropriated In the act will be DIS
trihuted as follows;